INDUSTRIAL BELT TAKES SHAPE AROUND CAPITAL

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"...Sources say the industrial zones are creating another headache: forced relocations of villagers. The source says that farmers have been forced to give up their prized land in Mingaladon north of Rangoon to make way for Mitsui?s industrial park. "There is no negotiation between the farmers and the government. The govenrment simply puts up a sign saying, ?Everybody must move by this date.? Everybody must obey it or else. Villages are silently angry but they don?t dare protest." Adds another local resident, explaining the public mentality about reallocations, "We have to obey the king. When the king says move, we have to move."..."

Creator/author: 

B.J. Lee

Source/publisher: 

"The Nation"

Date of Publication: 

1997-01-17

Date of entry: 

2007-01-25

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English

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